Students invent gloves that translate sign language to speech and text
Two undergraduate students want the American Sign Language community to have a translating device sleek enough to wear everyday like...
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September 16, 2019 / Speech
September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss
Sudden hearing loss impacts woman’s life
One September morning, Judi Page woke to find that her life had changed overnight. Though she had no history of...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Aids
Study shows improved cognitive function in dementia patients using hearing aids
During the past decade, several major studies determined that hearing loss, which the Hearing Loss Association of America said impacts...
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September 16, 2019 / ENT
Study concludes sleep apnea impacts brain function
One in 15 adults has moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, a disorder in which a person’s breathing is frequently...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss
NIOSH identifies workers most at risk for hearing loss and tinnitus
Most employers are aware that occupational noise has the potential to cause permanent hearing loss in exposed workers. Less well...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss
CDC finds hearing loss is third most common chronic condition
Hearing loss is the third most common chronic physical condition in the United States, and is more prevalent than diabetes...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Aids
Study shows hearing aid use increases cognitive function in elderly
A study conducted by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) found that older adults who used a hearing aid...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss
Researchers seek to understand tinnitus
About one in five people experience tinnitus, the perception of a sound--often described as ringing--that isn't really there. Now, researchers...
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September 16, 2019 / ENT
Are you making your allergies worse?
Sneezes, coughs and sniffles may have started sooner than ever before this year, thanks to an early spring allergy season...
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September 16, 2019 / Hearing Loss
Study works to find impact of supplements on genetic hearing loss
An enhanced diet helped reduce hearing loss in mice with the genetic mutation most commonly responsible for childhood deafness, new...
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